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   REPLYADDR ldo@nz.invalid   
   REPLYTO 3:770/3.0 UUCP   
   MSGID:  d532daec   
   REPLY:  06ff7afb   
   PID: SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
   On Wed, 17 Jul 2024 10:35:01 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
      
   > On 17/07/2024 02:30, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 10:31:11 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 16/07/2024 01:57, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> SMART isn’t much use, anyway. I test my storage devices for actual   
   >>>> I/O errors.   
   >>>   
   >>> That's what you use SMART *for*.   
   >>   
   >> No, I test doing actual I/O.   
   >   
   > So does SMART.   
      
   No, it extrapolates from its internal firmware behaviour. It tries to   
   predict failures before they happen.   
      
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